Chapter 346 France is in trouble

In the first round, the 2004 European Cup champion Greece lost 0-2 to South Korea. The Taiji Tiger dragged down Rehagel's mythical army with tireless running and interception. Nigeria also lost 0-1 to the champion Argentina in the first game, without Mikel. The midfield organization of the African Eagles was chaotic, and Yakub was alone on the front line. Nigeria and Greece have played two games in history, and Nigeria has won and lost 1 game.

In this game, Rehagel discharged the front line combination of Salpighidis and Jecas, Karagunis continued to play in the midfield, and Papado Poros led the defense. On the Nigerian side, Radbeck played three strikers composed of S-Keita, Yakubu and Odem Winji. Haruna sat in the midfield, and Enyayama guarded the gate.

In the second round of Group B of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Greece defeated Nigeria 2-1 and scored the first goal of the World Cup and won the first victory in the World Cup. In the 16th minute, K-Uche scored directly with a free kick. In the 33rd minute, Nigerian general S-Keita was directly sent off by a red card. In the 44th minute, Salpighidis' volley was blocked by Haruna. In the 71st minute, Torosides made a make-up shot in front of the goal.

The game between Nigeria and Greece was full of twists and turns, and the African Eagles took the lead early, but Keita's uncalm foul caused a red card, which brought a turning point in the game. Greece, the former myth creator of Europe, also saw the hope of qualifying in the group and ushered in the first victory in the history of the World Cup.

Before the start of this game, the two teams lost in the first round. In this game, both sides are not allowed to lose, and it can be said to be a life-and-death battle. Shortly after the start, Nigeria was lucky to lead the opponent with a direct free kick, and completely suppressed the Greek team on the scene. However, in the 33rd minute, the situation on the field suddenly changed. S-Keita deliberately fouled Torosidis without a ball. The referee decisively showed a red card to send Keita off, and Nigeria could only fight with 10 people. Then the Greek team scored two goals to reverse the game. And Keita has also become a sinner in Nigeria.

The whole process of this red card is also quite interesting. After Torosidis took the ball, the ball was out of bound, but when Keita ran over, he deliberately made a little "provocative" action. Unexpectedly, the reckless Keta could not stand the stimulation of Torosides and directly raised his leg and kicked it at Torosidis. The referee sent Keita mercilessly. Keita, who was sent off, also covered his face with a ball suit and left the field sadly. During the whole process, Torosides' superb acting skills were vividly displayed, and Keita's reckless character was also fully displayed. Of course, there are benefits after the superb performance, and there are losses. Nigeria also became passive because of Keita's uncalm red card, and finally lost the good situation and the victory.

Keita is a diligent engineering midfielder and the main force of the 2005 World Youth Championship. And this Nigerian midfielder is also a real prodigal son in football. I change clubs almost every year and run around. After three unsuccessful years in Sparta, Rotterdam after three years of unsuccessful World Youth Championship, he came to Monaco, where young talents are gathered. Due to the presence of Nkuru and Goso, Keita was once again loaned to Russia's Rubin Kazan and Lokomotiv Moscow, and continued to loan to Alanya this season. The 24-year-old Keita has wandered in at least five clubs, and a helpless prodigal heart has never found a home. The result of wandering around also added an unstable side to Keita's temperament, so the red card of this game came naturally.

And before the start of the World Cup, Keita was not the absolute main force of the national team. He wanted to compete with Yousef for a main midfielder position. But Yusef was troubled by his injury, and head coach Lagbeck chose Keita in the main midfield position. In the end, Keita also became the sinner of this game. He cut off Nigeria's advantage, cut off the Nigerian game, and even announced Nigeria's death penalty in advance. I believe that at this time, Nigerian fans are missing the more stable Yousef.

Seeing that the team lost because of its red card, Keita was also in a bad mood and even began to bear great pressure. Think about how long Beckham was charged with the red card of the 1998 World Cup. At this time, Keita had no choice but to accept the reality of losing the game, and he was about to face overwhelming accusations. After this game, the Nigerian team lost both games, and the group qualifying situation was very critical. The last opponent in the group stage was the South Korean team, which scored three points in two games, which will be a life-and-death battle for the two teams.

The Oscar classic film "Forrest Gump" left such a classic line: "Miracles happen every day in life." At the Free State Stadium in Brom Fontaine, the tactical master Rehagel led the Greek team to write another football hymn. This heroic division that created the "Greek myth" in the field of football finally won their first victory in the history of the World Cup, and also threw in the unforgettable shame suffered in the United States 16 years ago forever. The Aegean Sea.

Greek fans have been waiting for this day for 16 years, although Otto the Great presented an indelible football myth for the ancient civilization at Euro 2004. In 1994, Greece participated in the World Cup for the first time in the land of the United States of America in the "Football Desert". The short journey of three group matches was full of humiliation. Two 0:4 and one 0:2 nailed Greece to the pillar of shame engraved with the title of the worst team in the history of the World Cup.

The Greek team, which was labeled as "anti-football", embarked on the second World Cup journey with Yu Wei, the champion of the 2004 European Championship. Rehagel's team realized what it was like to be cool in the first group match. In front of the Taiji Tiger led by Park Jixing, the Greek team was like a pool of stagnant water, and there was no sign of this. A team can enter the knockout stage.

The group match with the African Eagles Nigeria is only one way for Rehagel, but Uche's strange free kick seems to herald a Greek tragedy. However, the characteristics of German life-hardness have emerged again. Keita's stupid kicking and Torosides' acting skills are comparable to Brad Pitt, which made the Greek team see the hope of reversal.

At the moment when the decision needs to be made immediately, Rehagel's decisiveness is vividly reflected. In the situation of the dominant number of people, the Germans immediately replaced the striker Samaras for the back waist Papastatobolos. How can the fragile African eagle withstand the waves of "missile bombardment" of the Greek warriors? "Bomb", and finally surrendered helplessly.

In the glorious history of ancient Greek civilization, Sparta is undoubtedly the representative of alternative civilization. The militarized management and the unhuman iron-blooded policy have all forged the myth that the Spartan warriors are invincible and invincible. German Rehagel is the Spartan leader of the football version. After taking over the Greek team, he skillfully integrated the German's rigor and the style of governing the army with an iron fist. With the "anti-football" style criticized by the outside world, Otto the Great led the unknown division Greek team to hold the European Cup on the land of Portugal and created Another immortal football legend in the history of modern football after the Danish fairy tale.

Six years have passed, and the years have left the vicissitudes of life on Rehagel's face, but the German coach's most essential love for football has never changed. Like Silver Fox Lippi, Rehagel trusts those meritorious veterans who have experienced big scenes more, and the Germans who are tough in the face of endless criticism always firmly believe in their football philosophy. In today's increasingly diverse football style, every football philosophy is worthy of respect. Just like Mourinho's football counterattack, you can hate it, but you have to admit that it is really good enough.

It is unrealistic to expect the Greek team to play a gorgeous attack, but we can still appreciate the Spartan spirit in their bones. After winning the first World Cup victory in the team's history in a reversed way, we have reason to expect Rehagel to bring us more miracles. The miracle itself is a kind of beauty, even if you don't like the way you achieve it.

The last game of the second round of Group A is also coming soon, with Haoqiang France and Mexico!

The first round of Group A of the World Cup showed a stalemate pattern. Mexico fell behind under the condition of being optimistic, and only scored before the end of the game, barely tied with the host South Africa. As a popular team to win the championship, France's performance was even more disappointing. In the end, they ended up with Uruguay 0-0. If you want to qualify, there is no loss in this game for both sides. The two sides have had six confrontations in history, and France has been unbeaten with five wins and one draw. The last confrontation was in 2006, when France defeated Mexico 1-0 in a friendly match. The latest official match was at the 2001 Confederations Cup, when France beat Mexico 4-0.

Today, France still has a 433 attack formation, with Anelka in the center on the front line, and Ribery and Govu fly together. In the midfield, Tulalang is the midfielder, and Diabi and Maluda are responsible for the attack. On the guard line, Gala and Abidar partnered with central defenders, Evra and Sarnia, one left and one right, and the goalkeeper is still Loris. On the Mexican side, Arsenal player Bella is still on the front line with veteran Franco, while the demon boy Dos Santos continues to take on the responsibility of organizing the attack, while Barcelona player Marcos is in the middle.

It is surprising that Mexico defeated France 2-0, and the last runner-up has reached the edge of being out. This is the first time in Mexico's history to defeat France. In the 64th minute, the young player Hernandez successfully scored the first goal against the offside; in the 79th minute, the 37-year-old veteran Blanco scored a penalty. France's fate after losing the game is no longer in its own hands. If Mexico and Uruguay play a tacit draw in the next round, the Gallic Rooster will not be able to qualify.

There is a rule in football: a team with fighting spirit, tactics and team spirit may not always win - for example, the North Korean team lost to Brazil. However, a team with no fighting spirit, no tactics, and no sincere unity will definitely see who loses - such as the French team, how many stars there are? The Chinese team can also win!

In the World Cup warm-up match, France lost to China. At that time, the world was so surprised that they thought it was a fantasy. But when this French team came to the World Cup, it was forced to make peace by the fifth Uruguayan team in South America, and then humiliated by Mexico. At this time, people had to admit that France had already been reduced to third-rate because of various problems (if Germany, Argentina was first-class and Mexico was second-rate). In fact, looking through the recent history of France, they drew with Tunisia, lost to the Chinese team, and were blown up by the Spanish team... How can such a team be called a rich family again?

France is not without strength, let alone stars. Today's French team, almost every position, is a player of a giant team. Anelka was once the golden boot of the Premier League. Ribery and Gurkuv were all French footballers. Evra, Abidal, Maluda, Gala and Sarnia are the main players of the giants. Loris and Diabi are rare rookies in football in recent years. But the problem is that a team is not a team that ranks 11 great players together, but a strong team. Without fighting spirit, cooperation and tactics, then this team is nothing.

The French team has no fighting spirit at all. Today is the key battle for the French team to qualify, but in the face of Mexico, the French are at an all-round decline in spirit, will and quality. In the whole war, the Mexicans ran a total of 10,8871 meters, while the French ran 7,000 meters less than Mexico! When Mexico used 28 tackles and 15 blocks to organize the defense desperately, the Frenchman only had 17 tackles and 8 interceptions. Football is a competitive sport after all. If a team lags behind in score and is forced to get on the cliff, it can neither use wonderful football to create a goal opportunity, and refuses to run two more steps to fight for the final strength, then what does this team rely on to win?

This French team doesn't have a team at all. In the whole game, the French team had a total of 369 passes, and the pass success rate was only a poor 80.22%. Let's compare it with another game. Germany played against Australia. Germany's data is 578 passes, with a success rate of 91.7%. Compared with the two, it is not surprising that the French team's record is not as good as that of Germany. At the critical moment, the French do not trust their teammates. They only know how to vent themselves and are unwilling to take the initiative to seek cooperation. There is no overall team promotion, constant mistakes, and continuous singles fighting. How can such a team win?

This French has no tactics. In the whole game, the French team made only one chance to attack through the cross from the side. It can be seen that the side pass is a completely ineffective offensive means, but the French team still hangs the ball to the middle with various arcs 24 times in the whole game. This is completely the attitude of fighting. In the whole game, the French team has a 53% possession rate, but it can't push the ball to the opponent's hinterland at all. There are 13 shots, but 8 shots are hasty long-range shots 25 meters away from the goal, more than half of which are biased. This French team gives people the feeling that it is not like playing football, but venting with long-range shots!

No fighting spirit, no tactics, no unity. So what does the French team have? There are infighting, scandals and controversy! Before the World Cup, the French Football Association took the lead in announcing the final announcement of Domenac after the World Cup, which made Domenek, who had already suffered a crisis of trust, further lose the trust of the players. Before the first battle, France broke the news that a number of veteran soldiers were extorted and forced the palace commander to demand the depose of Gurkuf. Before the second game, there were more controversial events. There was news that the Football Association ordered Domenek to use Henry, and he was so handsome; there were rumors that Maluda mocked that he was so handsome and disdained the main force; there were rumors that the French team's midfield core Gulkuff and the striker Anelka ignored each other; and that Henry and Domenek had broken up... ...

In such a team, it is full of incomprehensible strange phenomena. For example, why can the mediocre Gowu put on No. 10, but Henry can't get the time to play? For another example, why did the core Gurkuv disappear from the starting list after playing a game in the past few years? For another example, why is the French team behind 0-2 on the court, while on the bench, the players can talk and laugh? Obviously, behind these strange things, it is the reason for France's downturn.

What's so strange about such a team losing to Mexico or even to the Chinese national football team?

In the history of Mexican football, Blanco is destined to be a legend. Previously, his legend was to invent "the frog jumper", and after the battle with France, Blanco became the oldest player to score in the World Cup in Mexico's history. He is not the oldest goal scorer in the history of the World Cup, but on a cold winter night in South Africa, he reminds people of the hot American summer and 42-year-old Uncle Mira.

Looking back 16 years ago, in the last round of the group stage of the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Cameroon was washed 1-6 by Russia. That game made Sarenko's glory, but it also made the world remember Mira's name again. The 42-year-old veteran scored Cameroon's only goal in the game, becoming the oldest goal player in World Cup history. At that time, our Blanco was only 21 years old.

In the French summer four years later, Blanco is in full bloom. In the game against South Korea, he faced two defensive players, suddenly clamped the ball with his feet and jumped between them. The Koreans were stunned, and this juggling-like action has since become the symbol of Blanco, who is also nicknamed the "Prince of Frog Jump". For Mexicans, Blanco is an epoch-making striker, but not everyone thinks so. In 2006, La Volpe refused to recruit Blanco to participate in the World Cup in Germany, which broke the hearts of Mexican fans. What they didn't expect was that four years later, in South Africa, Blanco, at the age of 37, could still appear on the stage of the World Cup.

In the 62nd minute of the match between Mexico and France, Blanco replaced Franco with an order from Aguirre. Just two minutes after the veteran came on the field, the demon boy Hernandez successfully broke the deadlock against offside and helped Mexico take the lead. This time, Blanco only brought good luck to his companions, and then he ushered in a dreamlike moment. In the 78th minute, Barrera was put down by Abidal in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty. The great moment of Blanco is coming. In the face of his nephew's young French goalkeeper Loris, Blanco's penalty angle was tricky. Loris's judgment was correct, but the whip was out of reach. The 37-year-old veteran wrote his name into the history of Mexican football at this moment.

So, although Mexico has stars such as Bella, Dos Santos, Franco and Hernandez, Aguirre still leaves the greatest No. 10 jersey to Blanco. Among his teammates, Blanco is also regarded as a spiritual pillar by his peers. From the perspective of Mexican players, Blanco can feel his attention even if he sits on the court. Once on the stage, the 37-year-old body has formed a strong aura. Such superstar charm makes Ribery's people seem to have turned into dust in the universe today...

Blanco's immortal legend continues, and Mexico is ambitious in this World Cup. They have taken the lead in the battle for the group qualifying. How will the team perform in the future? Blanco may also play a key role. Since the popularity of winning the championship like France can collapse at the foot of Mexico, who will the Aztec warriors be afraid of? Look at Blanco, he is the best example for Mexicans!